diff --git a/example/main.go b/example/main.go
index 817d631..c6dbaae 100644
--- a/example/main.go
+++ b/example/main.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func main() {
 }
 
 func onReady() {
-	systray.SetIcon(icon.Data)
+	systray.SetTemplateIcon(icon.Data, icon.Data)
 	systray.SetTitle("Awesome App")
 	systray.SetTooltip("Lantern")
 	mQuitOrig := systray.AddMenuItem("Quit", "Quit the whole app")
@@ -34,12 +34,15 @@ func onReady() {
 
 	// We can manipulate the systray in other goroutines
 	go func() {
-		systray.SetIcon(icon.Data)
+		systray.SetTemplateIcon(icon.Data, icon.Data)
 		systray.SetTitle("Awesome App")
 		systray.SetTooltip("Pretty awesome棒棒嗒")
 		mChange := systray.AddMenuItem("Change Me", "Change Me")
 		mChecked := systray.AddMenuItem("Unchecked", "Check Me")
 		mEnabled := systray.AddMenuItem("Enabled", "Enabled")
+		// Sets the icon of a menu item. Only available on Mac.
+		mEnabled.SetTemplateIcon(icon.Data, icon.Data)
+
 		systray.AddMenuItem("Ignored", "Ignored")
 		mUrl := systray.AddMenuItem("Open UI", "my home")
 		mQuit := systray.AddMenuItem("退出", "Quit the whole app")
diff --git a/systray.h b/systray.h
index 128315f..29ba436 100644
--- a/systray.h
+++ b/systray.h
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
+#include "stdbool.h"
+
 extern void systray_ready();
 extern void systray_on_exit();
 extern void systray_menu_item_selected(int menu_id);
 int nativeLoop(char* title, int width, int height);
 
-void setIcon(const char* iconBytes, int length);
-void setMenuItemIcon(const char* iconBytes, int length, int menuId);
+void setIcon(const char* iconBytes, int length, bool template);
+void setMenuItemIcon(const char* iconBytes, int length, int menuId, bool template);
 void setTitle(char* title);
 void setTooltip(char* tooltip);
 void configureAppWindow(char* title, int width, int height);
diff --git a/systray_darwin.go b/systray_darwin.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..568edab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systray_darwin.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package systray
+
+/*
+#cgo darwin CFLAGS: -DDARWIN -x objective-c -fobjc-arc
+#cgo darwin LDFLAGS: -framework Cocoa -framework WebKit
+
+#include "systray.h"
+*/
+import "C"
+
+import (
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+// SetTemplateIcon sets the systray icon as a template icon (on Mac), falling back
+// to a regular icon on other platforms.
+// templateIconBytes and regularIconBytes should be the content of .ico for windows and
+// .ico/.jpg/.png for other platforms.
+func SetTemplateIcon(templateIconBytes []byte, regularIconBytes []byte) {
+	cstr := (*C.char)(unsafe.Pointer(&templateIconBytes[0]))
+	C.setIcon(cstr, (C.int)(len(templateIconBytes)), true)
+}
+
+// SetIcon sets the icon of a menu item. Only works on macOS and Windows.
+// iconBytes should be the content of .ico/.jpg/.png
+func (item *MenuItem) SetIcon(iconBytes []byte) {
+	SetTemplateIcon(iconBytes, iconBytes)
+}
+
+// SetTemplateIcon sets the icon of a menu item as a template icon (on macOS). On Windows, it
+// falls back to the regular icon bytes and on Linux it does nothing.
+// templateIconBytes and regularIconBytes should be the content of .ico for windows and
+// .ico/.jpg/.png for other platforms.
+func (item *MenuItem) SetTemplateIcon(templateIconBytes []byte, regularIconBytes []byte) {
+	cstr := (*C.char)(unsafe.Pointer(&templateIconBytes[0]))
+	C.setMenuItemIcon(cstr, (C.int)(len(templateIconBytes)), C.int(item.id), true)
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/systray_darwin.m b/systray_darwin.m
index e0150c7..84a869f 100644
--- a/systray_darwin.m
+++ b/systray_darwin.m
@@ -204,18 +204,19 @@ void runInMainThread(SEL method, id object) {
                   waitUntilDone: YES];
 }
 
-void setIcon(const char* iconBytes, int length) {
+void setIcon(const char* iconBytes, int length, bool template) {
   NSData* buffer = [NSData dataWithBytes: iconBytes length:length];
   NSImage *image = [[NSImage alloc] initWithData:buffer];
   [image setSize:NSMakeSize(16, 16)];
+  image.template = template;
   runInMainThread(@selector(setIcon:), (id)image);
 }
 
-void setMenuItemIcon(const char* iconBytes, int length, int menuId) {
+void setMenuItemIcon(const char* iconBytes, int length, int menuId, bool template) {
   NSData* buffer = [NSData dataWithBytes: iconBytes length:length];
   NSImage *image = [[NSImage alloc] initWithData:buffer];
   [image setSize:NSMakeSize(16, 16)];
-
+  image.template = template;
   NSNumber *mId = [NSNumber numberWithInt:menuId];
   runInMainThread(@selector(setMenuItemIcon:), @[image, (id)mId]);
 }
diff --git a/systray_linux.c b/systray_linux.c
index 7b045f2..4439047 100644
--- a/systray_linux.c
+++ b/systray_linux.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ gboolean do_quit(gpointer data) {
 	return FALSE;
 }
 
-void setIcon(const char* iconBytes, int length) {
+void setIcon(const char* iconBytes, int length, bool template) {
 	GBytes* bytes = g_bytes_new_static(iconBytes, length);
 	g_idle_add(do_set_icon, bytes);
 }
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ void setTooltip(char* ctooltip) {
 	free(ctooltip);
 }
 
-void setMenuItemIcon(const char* iconBytes, int length, int menuId) {
+void setMenuItemIcon(const char* iconBytes, int length, int menuId, bool template) {
 }
 
 void add_or_update_menu_item(int menu_id, char* title, char* tooltip, short disabled, short checked) {
diff --git a/systray_linux.go b/systray_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f508c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systray_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package systray
+
+/*
+#cgo darwin CFLAGS: -DDARWIN -x objective-c -fobjc-arc
+#cgo darwin LDFLAGS: -framework Cocoa -framework WebKit
+
+#include "systray.h"
+*/
+import "C"
+
+// SetTemplateIcon sets the systray icon as a template icon (on macOS), falling back
+// to a regular icon on other platforms.
+// templateIconBytes and iconBytes should be the content of .ico for windows and
+// .ico/.jpg/.png for other platforms.
+func SetTemplateIcon(templateIconBytes []byte, regularIconBytes []byte) {
+	SetIcon(regularIconBytes)
+}
+
+// SetIcon sets the icon of a menu item. Only works on macOS and Windows.
+// iconBytes should be the content of .ico/.jpg/.png
+func (item *MenuItem) SetIcon(iconBytes []byte) {
+}
+
+// SetTemplateIcon sets the icon of a menu item as a template icon (on macOS). On Windows, it
+// falls back to the regular icon bytes and on Linux it does nothing.
+// templateIconBytes and regularIconBytes should be the content of .ico for windows and
+// .ico/.jpg/.png for other platforms.
+func (item *MenuItem) SetTemplateIcon(templateIconBytes []byte, regularIconBytes []byte) {
+}
diff --git a/systray_nonwindows.go b/systray_nonwindows.go
index 598df9e..96337ff 100644
--- a/systray_nonwindows.go
+++ b/systray_nonwindows.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func ShowAppWindow(url string) {
 // for other platforms.
 func SetIcon(iconBytes []byte) {
 	cstr := (*C.char)(unsafe.Pointer(&iconBytes[0]))
-	C.setIcon(cstr, (C.int)(len(iconBytes)))
+	C.setIcon(cstr, (C.int)(len(iconBytes)), false)
 }
 
 // SetTitle sets the systray title, only available on Mac.
@@ -67,13 +67,6 @@ func addOrUpdateMenuItem(item *MenuItem) {
 	)
 }
 
-// SetIcon sets the icon of a menu item. Only available on Mac.
-// iconBytes should be the content of .ico/.jpg/.png
-func (item *MenuItem) SetIcon(iconBytes []byte) {
-	cstr := (*C.char)(unsafe.Pointer(&iconBytes[0]))
-	C.setMenuItemIcon(cstr, (C.int)(len(iconBytes)), C.int(item.id))
-}
-
 func addSeparator(id int32) {
 	C.add_separator(C.int(id))
 }
diff --git a/systray_windows.go b/systray_windows.go
index eda870b..03dc032 100644
--- a/systray_windows.go
+++ b/systray_windows.go
@@ -104,6 +104,14 @@ func SetIcon(iconBytes []byte) {
 	}
 }
 
+// SetTemplateIcon sets the systray icon as a template icon (on macOS), falling back
+// to a regular icon on other platforms.
+// templateIconBytes and iconBytes should be the content of .ico for windows and
+// .ico/.jpg/.png for other platforms.
+func SetTemplateIcon(templateIconBytes []byte, regularIconBytes []byte) {
+	SetIcon(regularIconBytes)
+}
+
 // SetTitle sets the systray title, only available on Mac.
 func SetTitle(title string) {
 	// not supported on Windows
@@ -160,6 +168,8 @@ func addOrUpdateMenuItem(item *MenuItem) {
 	}
 }
 
+// SetIcon sets the icon of a menu item. Only works on macOS and Windows.
+// iconBytes should be the content of .ico/.jpg/.png
 func (item *MenuItem) SetIcon(iconBytes []byte) {
 	md5 := md5.Sum(iconBytes)
 	filename := fmt.Sprintf("systray.%x.ico", md5)
@@ -181,6 +191,14 @@ func (item *MenuItem) SetIcon(iconBytes []byte) {
 	actions[item.id].SetImage(icon)
 }
 
+// SetTemplateIcon sets the icon of a menu item as a template icon (on macOS). On Windows, it
+// falls back to the regular icon bytes and on Linux it does nothing.
+// templateIconBytes and regularIconBytes should be the content of .ico for windows and
+// .ico/.jpg/.png for other platforms.
+func (item *MenuItem) SetTemplateIcon(templateIconBytes []byte, regularIconBytes []byte) {
+	item.SetIcon(regularIconBytes)
+}
+
 func addSeparator(id int32) {
 	action := walk.NewSeparatorAction()
 	if err := notifyIcon.ContextMenu().Actions().Add(action); err != nil {